title: Cochrane diagnostic test accuracy reviews.
abstract: In 1996, shortly after the founding of The Cochrane Collaboration, leading figures in test evaluation research established a Methods Group to focus on the relatively new and rapidly evolving methods for the systematic review of studies of diagnostic tests. Seven years later, the Collaboration decided it was time to develop a publication format and methodology for Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) reviews, as well as the software needed to implement these reviews in The Cochrane Library. A meeting hosted by the German Cochrane Centre in 2004 brought together key methodologists in the area, many of whom became closely involved in the subsequent development of the methodological framework for DTA reviews. DTA reviews first appeared in The Cochrane Library in 2008 and are now an integral part of the work of the Collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. m.m.leeflang@amc.uva.nl.
authors.forename: Mariska M G
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Leeflang
authors.forename: Jonathan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Deeks
authors.forename: Yemisi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takwoingi
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Macaskill
mesh_terms: D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D017594:Publication Bias; D012196:Review Literature as Topic